Prevalence of hepatitis C and B virus infection in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in Brazil: a pilot study

The idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDMC) is a disease of the cardiac muscle characterized by systolic dilation and/or dysfunction of one or both ventricles, symptoms of congestive heart failure and risk of early death. Several studies in animal models and in humans have supported the hypothesis...

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Published in:	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Francisco J.F.B. Reis, Mateus Viana, Manoela Oliveira, Tiago A. Sousa, Raimundo Paraná
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier
Subjects:	Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy hepatitis C virus myocarditis heart failure
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000300004&lng=en&tlng=en